[alpb]

The most important tool I found for switching directories is called "z". You just partially type a previously visited directory's name and it takes you there. It also keeps track of your history to rank candidates for popularity. https://github.com/rupa/z/ It's basically CDPATH on stereoids and doesn't require preconfiguration like CDPATH.

[Hiopl]

I largely despised the commandline until I discovered z. Then I realized there are ways to make the commandline actually usable and it became an incredible, useful and user-friendly tool for me.

[stjohnswarts]

Similar is https://lib.rs/crates/zoxide if you're a fan of rust based solutions :) .

[alpb]

I don't think zoxide keeps an eye on shell history or uses a shell hook to see which dirs you navigate to manually? It seems it collects history only through its own CLI?

[stjohnswarts]

You're wrong it watches what you do and where you go via the shell command history file.